Today's News

This is one of the toughest things to write about but the tragic shooting last week echoes sadness all over the nation.
Such a horrendous act of violence will not be forgotten. So many ask the why? Friday night on the television show 20/20 a Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest were both asked why this took place. They said they did not know. The answer is that evil is real and Satan is alive and well.
Sin is rampant today and the devil is on the move.

Wynne Allen stopped by about the Lawrenceburg High School band picture last week. He said that one of the guys was identified as Keith Allen, but actually is was Robert Allen. He also said that the picture was backwards. The drums were always on the other side.

Community
Compassionate Friends announce upcoming meetings
The Compassionate Friends will host meetings for bereavement parents who have lost children of any age.
Meetings are held on the first Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and the third Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the hospice building, 643 Teton Trail in Frankfort.
For more information, contact Kathy Wainscott at 502-517-6289.
Hospice of the Bluegrass announces meetings

The Art of the Blue gallery, located at 101 South Main St., Lawrenceburg will offer an opportunity Dec. 21 to make crafts with special messages of comfort and encouragement for the grieving community of Newtown, Conn., and those affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy.
The gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21. The crafts will be shipped to the Newtown fire department.

The Dec. 24 edition of The Anderson News Extra will include an information sheet outlining the Anderson County Fiscal Court’s recycling efforts.
The sheet will explain how the recycling program works, along with what services are available, including the hours of operation for the recycling center and the types of materials that are accepted.
For more information about recycling in Anderson County, call the judge-executive’s office at 839-3471.

Holiday breakfasts can be healthier. It is possible to eat well and feel satisfied with less fat and sodium.
The recipes below are healthier versions of holiday favorites because they are lower in fat, sugar and sodium and higher in fiber.

The names of the children read like an honor roll list.
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Twenty children in all. An entire classroom-size group of students, not listed or honored for achieving good grades, but black and white names printed in memoriam of their deaths on the Sunday front page of the New York Times.
I haven’t been able to get 27 names out of my head all weekend.

Column as I see ’em …
It was sadly predictable that before the 20 children murdered last week in Connecticut were even buried, politicians were using their tiny corpses as soap boxes to spew their anti-firearm foolishness.
Lost in their zeal to run roughshod over the Constitution is the obvious answer, which is that until schools are no longer declared gun-free zones, whack-a-dos like the guy in Connecticut will take turns wading into schools filled with children and shooting them like fish in a barrel.